YJ Editors

Say hello to more creativity, confidence, and calm.

Lilias Folan shared the practice on PBS long before there was Zoom.

Our experts asked the AI tool to generate a yoga class. Did it hold up?

Short answer: There's no need to rush things.

Even 5 minutes of decompressing can make sleep less elusive.

Bird of Paradise Pose, called Svarga Dvijasana in Sanskrit, builds confidence in the mind and body while improving balance, boosting energy, and fighting fatigue.

When you feel strong from within, it changes everything.

These reads illustrate how a book doesn't have to talk about yoga to be about yoga.

The last thing you want is for students to leave your class feeling depleted, ungrounded, or on edge. Here's how to ensure that doesn't happen.

When fatigue and frustration settle in, perhaps it's time to pause and come back to yourself.

The expert advice, glimpses into others' lives, and everyday solutions that kept you clicking and talking throughout the year.

YouTube yoga teachers show you how to develop strength and alignment for this challenging pose.

Tired of Boat Pose? Then you need to try Lolasana.

Yoga Journal has partnered with Prison Yoga Project and Jones Valley Teaching Farm to improve lives. Here's how you can help.

A full-body strengthening and stretching practice that allows you to get your yoga fix, your workout, your breathing practice, and your creative jolt all in a single session.

Support your practice of asteya, non-stealing, with poses that help you feel open and expansive.

Your yoga session may help ease the aches in your body—but not in the ways you may expect.

Following the news that an airline handed out yoga mats, not hotel vouchers, to stranded passengers, we started to consider some uncommon uses for your most trusted prop.

In celebration of National Yoga Awareness Month, we're launching IG Live classes with our favorite teachers beginning Tuesday, September 6th. Come and be reminded of the many reasons why yoga is your "thing."

The magazine’s satirical article about “yoga challenges” holds some truths—but not the ones the editors probably intended.

How to protect students' eyes during yoga practice.

Take the right precautions to face the extreme temperatures of a hot yoga class

Exploring the ancient practice of breath control in yoga.

Because sometimes settling down takes more than a dark room and chamomile tea.

Know you're not going to have time for a full class? Sneak this strengthening sequence into your morning instead.

Sometimes you need to cool down from within.

Extend some love to your oft-neglected side body even as you prep for standing poses based on the same shape.

A glimpse at the teachers, leaders, activists, and other visionaries who are shaping tomorrow's yoga community.

Anxiety coach Amanda Higgins shows us how to find peace in our own narratives; Maria Margolies turns to the holistic universe to invite in grace and love.

In the hustle and rush of your morning routine, take time for a yoga session with a taste of India.

We're stronger together.

Yes, the most chaotic place on the planet is exactly the right place for yoga.

It's not safe for everyone to practice inversions—and the reason has nothing to do with falling down. Here are those instances in which you might want to keep your feet on the ground.

Perhaps the solution to sustained attention is to stop trying so hard. Science supports this approach.

When it comes to practicing postures, patience is essential.

Practicing yoga for just a few minutes in the morning can offer exponential payoff—and not just in terms of productivity.

You can fit it in anywhere.

Sometimes you need to challenge your body in order to quiet your mind.

Loosen up those tight hips—and let go of whatever you’re holding onto—with this short sequence.

Cue the wanderlust.

This festive event has a history and culture as colorful as you might imagine. 

Clap back at knee and hip pain.

If you've been wanting to do something but nothing feels like enough, here's where to start.

A modification of Plank Pose, Forearm Plank strengthens and tones the core, thighs, and arms.

How to avoid falling into autopilot while practicing this basic—but beneficial—stretch.

Bitilasana is an easy, gentle way to warm up the spine before a more vigorous practice.

Fire up your abs for this difficult asymmetrical arm balance, Eight-Angle Pose.

These ideas remind us that it doesn't have to be complicated.

Purvottanasana counteracts the effects of Chaturanga by stretching the pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, and anterior deltoids.

The new year brings endless possibilities for change—on and off the mat.

According to the year's top articles, you all focused on self-improvement in 2021.

You weren't the only one with tight hips this year!

Bound Angle Pose, or Baddha Konasana, opens the deepest part of the hip muscles.

Open wide into Prasarita Padottanasana to increase flexibility by leaps and bounds.

Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, a well-known backbend, will challenge you to lift and open your chest.

Use these tips to help cultivate calm or reset your emotions next time you find holiday stress getting in your way.

Plow Pose (Halasana) reduces backache and can help you get to sleep.

Padmasana creates an essential foundation for meditation practice, while stretching the front of the thighs and ankles.

A compact arm balance, Crow Pose and Crane Pose tone the abs and the arms, strengthen in the core, and focus the mind.

You need strength, flexibility, and endurance, and unwavering concentration for Eagle Pose.

Named for a legendary warrior, Virabhadrasana 2 strengthens your quads, shoulders, and core—not to mention your stamina and inner resolve.

It might look straightforward, but there's more to Dandasana than meets the eye.

A simple pose that's anything but easy.

There's a general consensus among modern yogis that Viparita Karani or Legs Up the Wall Pose may have the power to cure whatever ails you.

It's time to bundle up.